The Creevey Papers
Eleanor Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 30 July 1806
“30th July.
“. . . In our return from walking in the Park last
night at 10 o’clock we saw the Prince’s chariot at Mr.
Fox’s door, and I find from Mrs. Bouverie that he stayed a long time, and Mr.
Fox was not fatigued by it, but had a good night. . . . She has
not seen him for some days, but she says that is accident, owing to Lady Holland being there whom he will not see; but she plants herself in one of the rooms
below stairs, under pretence of waiting for Lord
Holland, and so prevents his admitting any other woman.”
Harriot Bouverie [née Fawkener] (1750-1846)
The daughter of Sir Everard Fawkener; in 1765 she married Edward Bouverie (d. 1810) and
was active as a Whig hostess; in 1811 she married Lord Robert Spencer.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806)
Whig statesman and the leader of the Whig opposition in Parliament after his falling-out
with Edmund Burke.
Elizabeth Fox, Lady Holland [née Vassall] (1771 c.-1845)
In 1797 married Henry Richard Fox, Lord Holland, following her divorce from Sir Godfrey
Webster; as mistress of Holland House she became a pillar of Whig society.
Henry Richard Fox, third baron Holland (1773-1840)
Whig politician and literary patron; Holland House was for many years the meeting place
for reform-minded politicians and writers. He also published translations from the Spanish
and Italian;
Memoirs of the Whig Party was published in 1852.
